Comments by "Ming Muyiyang" (@mingmuyiyang8615) on "China Observer"
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@alexanderamayahernandez3912 The Battle of Changjin Lake in the Korean War. This was a battle in the early days of the Korean War. From November 27 to December 24, 1950 (just 28 days), a direct confrontation took place in the Changjin Lake area of North Korea. The U.S. military included the 1st Marine Division (abbreviated as the 1st Marine Division) and the 3rd and 7th Infantry Divisions, as well as the 1st Army of South Korea, with a total of about 100,000 troops (the U.S. military dispatched 195 tanks, 7 aircraft carriers, and 500 military aircraft. 3,000 sorties hovered over the volunteers every day); the 9th Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, which launched the attack, consisted of the 20th Army, the 26th Army, and the 27th Army, with nearly 150,000 troops (only the army). This is the data of the battle between the two sides, and this is the scale of the war. In the 28-day "Changjin Lake" battle, the U.S. military suffered 19,843 casualties, and the Chinese Volunteer Army suffered a total of 48,156 casualties. In just 28 days, the total casualties of both sides were close to 70,000. This is the intensity of the war. The Chinese Volunteer Army had no communication equipment, and communication relied on whistles and charge horns. Armed with old weapons, wearing ragged clothes, eating potatoes frozen harder than stone at -40 degrees Celsius, we fought barefoot in the snow against the American troops armed to the teeth. We drove the American troops out of the strategic position of "Changjin Lake" and wiped out the "Polar Bear Army" that the American troops were proud of. Our "bitter victory" was exactly what the United States feared. What does it mean to do whatever it takes? What does it mean to move forward courageously? Do you understand?
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@alexanderamayahernandez3912 Western perspective: According to the information disclosed by the Helsinki Military Academy, the "Battle of Shangganling" ended on November 25, 1952. In this earth-shaking bloody battle, on the high ground that could only accommodate two companies (up to 300 people), the Chinese army successively deployed 9 regiments of two elite field armies, plus 2,000 new recruits, 11 artillery battalions, and a rocket artillery battalion. A total of more than 43,000 people, the Chinese Volunteer Army consumed a total of 450,000 rounds of ammunition.
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@TheFivegoodemperors The fall of Bataan Peninsula:
- After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the 14th Army of the Army, led by Masaharu Homma, attacked the Philippines. At that time, MacArthur had only 15,000 untrained American soldiers and 80,000 local Filipino troops. On December 22, 1941, Japan landed in the northwest of the Philippines with aircraft support. The US-Philippines coalition forces were quickly defeated, and MacArthur led the remaining US troops to escape to the Bataan Peninsula.
- After that, the US military was in a difficult situation. The United States insisted on the policy of "Europe first, Asia later", which led to the delay in the supply of weapons, ammunition and food. In April 1942, US military commander Edward King led tens of thousands of US troops to surrender to the Japanese army. Subsequently, after holding on to Corregidor Island for a period of time, the highest commander of the US military in the Philippines, Wainwright, also chose to surrender in May. In the end, a total of about 90,000 US-Philippines coalition forces became prisoners. This was the largest surrender of the US military in World War II, and it is also regarded as a major shame in the history of the US military.
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@TheFivegoodemperors Guided by this wrong line, Vietnam openly opposed China. Vietnam began to frantically exclude Chinese people and suppress the normal life of overseas Chinese, resulting in a large number of overseas Chinese returning to China. It provoked armed conflicts on the Sino-Vietnamese border, sent armed personnel to cross the border to harass, injure border residents, overturn boundary markers, and encroach on the Chinese border. It created incidents such as Punianling and Tinghaoshan, and the relationship between China and Vietnam became severe. Vietnam tore up the 1958 statement of the Vietnamese government recognizing that the Dongsha Islands, Xisha Islands, Zhongsha Islands, and Nansha Islands belong to China, and occupied more than 96% of the islands in China's Nansha Islands.
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@TheFivegoodemperors (i) Destroyed cities: 4 cities out of a total of 4 were destroyed, accounting for 100%.
(ii) Destroyed townships: 320 out of a total of 320 were destroyed, accounting for 100%.
(iii) The area of residential buildings destroyed in cities: 600,000 square meters.
(iv) The number of people who lost their homes in cities: 150,000.
(v) The number of houses destroyed in rural areas: 45,000.
(vi) The number of people who lost their homes in rural areas: 200,000.
(vii) The number of hospitals and health stations destroyed: 428 out of a total of 430 were destroyed, accounting for 99.5%. Among them: 4 provincial hospitals were all destroyed, accounting for 100%; 24 out of a total of 26 county hospitals were destroyed, accounting for 92%; and 400 township health stations were all destroyed, accounting for 100%.
(viii) Destroyed forest farms: 38 out of a total of 42 were destroyed, accounting for 90%.
(ix) Destroyed farms and agricultural stations: 41.
(10) Cattle killed or stolen: 157,000 of the total 260,000 were killed or stolen, accounting for 60 percent.
(11) Pigs killed or stolen: 244,000 of the total 305,000 were killed or stolen, accounting for 80 percent.
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@TheFivegoodemperors In the book "1979 War to Defend the Northern Border of the Motherland - Victory and Historical Lessons" written by Dr. Chen Youhui, a member of the Vietnam Historical Science Association, data from Vietnam's People's Daily were mainly quoted:
More than 30,000 cadres and soldiers were killed and wounded, and tens of thousands of civilians were killed. Cao Bang, Lang Son, Can Tang, Lao Cai and other cities were almost completely destroyed. A total of 320 townships, 735 schools, 41 farms, 81 enterprises, and 38 forest farms were damaged. About 3.5 million people in 6 border provinces lost their houses, property and living tools.
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@TheFivegoodemperors Then, in 1981, China fought to recapture Koulin Mountain and Faka Mountain, and in 1984, China fought to recapture Laoshan Mountain, Zheyin Mountain, and Balihe East Mountain. China fought to capture points from Vietnam, fought in two mountains, and fought to defend against Vietnam.
Through the ten-year Sino-Vietnamese border war, the stability of China's southwestern border was maintained. For Vietnam, the impact of the war was lasting, and its national strength was consumed and damaged for a long time, so it had to change its policy in the end.
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